Congenital tremor in newborn piglets

Pig congenital tremor is a disease in which piglets are born shortly after birth, and localized or systemic muscle paroxysmal spasm, also known as contagious congenital tremor, commonly known as "pig jump disease" or "piglet shivering disease". The cause of the disease is complex, and experts now study and some infectious viral diseases such as: PCV-1, PCV-2, swine fever, pig erysipelas (with high fever symptoms) and sow nutrition (hypoglycemia) and other factors.

Clinical symptoms: All litters have morbidity, and sick pigs have severe tremor symptoms, often with persistent tremors in the head, limbs, and tails, or paroxysmal sputum without rhythm, body shake, difficulty in movement, inability to eat milk, and hunger. dead. If the care is good, the tremor will gradually reduce or disappear after about 1 week, and the piglets will survive, and some may have slight tremors for a long time, and the growth and development are also affected. The number of litters in litter is relatively small, and the symptoms are mild. Only the ear and tail tremors are seen, and most of them disappear after a few days. If they are exposed to external stimuli such as cold and disturbance, slight tremor may be stimulated or strengthened.

There is no specific treatment for this disease, only general control measures can be taken:

1 Strengthen the care of sick pigs, keep the pig house warm (the ambient temperature is maintained at around 33-35 °C), dry and clean, help the piglets to eat breast milk, or artificial breastfeeding. This will cure most sick piglets.

2 According to the immunization program, do a good job of immunization of pigs, rings, pseudo-madness, etc., and introduce them well, and do not introduce them from pig farms with related epidemics. Before and after the introduction of the blood, the blood was sent to the laboratory to monitor the antibody level of the relevant disease.

3 Establish a strict disinfection system. Adhere to regular disinfection and disinfect 2-3 times a week.

4 to ensure the nutritional level of the nutritional feed at each stage of the pregnant sow. 7 days before the delivery of the sow to the postpartum, 5 kg / ton of Dingmu An can be added to the ingredients for health care.